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Re: 1987/8

Would anyone know the wheat price in 1987-8 ? ( I think it was about £120)

Also the price of wheat fungicides then - sportak, NBC, tilt, Pp450/pointer.

And ferts prices

all help gratefully received

EP

Hey Essex Peasant, HGCA is your friend, as if you didn't know
Go to the MI page and look up the historical Corn Returns data. You can select prices by region, period ........... more data than you can shake a stick at

Re: 1987/8

Originally Posted by An Gof

Hey Essex Peasant, HGCA is your friend, as if you didn't know
Go to the MI page and look up the historical Corn Returns data. You can select prices by region, period ........... more data than you can shake a stick at

Hey An Gof

thats a little bit embarrassing. Hopefully it can stay just between us two.

Re: 1987/8

Originally Posted by essexpeasant

Hey An Gof

thats a little bit embarrassing. Hopefully it can stay just between us two.

good thinking though , why didn't I think of that?

No the world now knows I had a quick look last night but data may not go back as far as you want. I have some fungicide and fert costs from my old farm records if that is any help for the years you require. How soon do you need the info, it's a bit busy for me this week

Re: 1987/8

Originally Posted by An Gof

No the world now knows I had a quick look last night but data may not go back as far as you want. I have some fungicide and fert costs from my old farm records if that is any help for the years you require. How soon do you need the info, it's a bit busy for me this week

I'm doing a panel thing at cereals on fungicides and wanted just a quick stroll down memory lane - also I think we have become proactive with fungicide use where we used to be reactive.

So I wanted some 1988 prices for things like tilt, NBC, sportak , Pp450 etc.

Re: 1987/8

Would anyone know the wheat price in 1987-8 ? ( I think it was about £120)

Also the price of wheat fungicides then - sportak, NBC, tilt, Pp450/pointer.

And ferts prices

all help gratefully received

EP

I sold full spec Avalon at £145 in March '88 and a couple of loads didn't make it (surprise surprise) and "went for feed" at £103.50 (not that I am at all cynical about milling tests with a £40 premium to be had, you understand )

The stand out for '87 harvest was Triumph spring barley which ran just over 3 tonnes/acre over 170 acres and made £144 Nov '87.

Re: 1987/8

Originally Posted by Jaypee

I sold full spec Avalon at £145 in March '88 and a couple of loads didn't make it (surprise surprise) and "went for feed" at £103.50 (not that I am at all cynical about milling tests with a £40 premium to be had, you understand )

The stand out for '87 harvest was Triumph spring barley which ran just over 3 tonnes/acre over 170 acres and made £144 Nov '87.

Re: 1987/8

In spring 88 there was a lot of spring barley sown around here, due to the extreme wet weather in Autumn 87
87 wheat harvest was disappointing (if you grew Moulin)

ring any bells ?

I remember the Moulin fiasco. Is it really that long ago? Luckily, i didn't grow it, but a lot of farmers around here did. I reckon it cost the seed company a pretty penny by the time everything was sorted.

Re: 1987/8

Remember those days well, Sportak at first node, Tilt at flagleaf and a bit of Bravo and Dithane as an ear wash and heypresto 4 tons an acre near enough across the farm. Mind you I didn't know what blackgrass was then, now I can't move for the b****y stuff.